Blake Skylar

Blake is a writer and production manager, responsible for the daily assembly of the People's World home page. He has earned awards from the IWPA and ILCA, and his articles have appeared in publications such as Workday Minnesota, EcoWatch, and Earth First News. He has covered issues including the BP oil spill in New Orleans and the 2015 U.N. Climate Conference in Paris.

He lives in Pennsylvania with his girlfriend and their cats. He enjoys wine, books, music, and nature. In his spare time, he reviews music, creates artwork, and is working on several books and digital comics.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar

Environment

At People’s Climate Summit: Just transitions and environment
December 15, 2015 By Blake Skylar
The community development organization members believe that an alternative, clean energy economy can be achieved by empowering the underprivileged and unemployed.
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World
$At Paris Trade Union Forum: A call to ban fracking worldwide$

At Paris Trade Union Forum: A call to ban fracking worldwide
December 4, 2015 By Blake Skylar
Over 40 percent of natural gas comes from shale gas, which is such a driver for climate change because of methane -- 120 times more powerful than carbon.
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Labor

COP 21: Unions sow the seeds of labor to yield green jobs
December 3, 2015 By Blake Skylar
Labor leaders presented real plans and logical solutions for creating clean jobs that sustain the labor movement and reduce or eliminate harm to the environment.
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World

At COP 21, indigenous people wield voices in fight for justice
December 3, 2015 By Blake Skylar
The Indigenous Environmental Network focuses on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, calling for moratoriums on new fossil fuel development, and fighting against "false solutions," like fracking and nuclear energy.
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World

From COP 21 to you: seeing green in Paris
December 2, 2015 By Blake Skylar
I hope that I have given you a taste of what it's like to be an environmental reporter in the midst of what could be the most important and decisive climate conference of all time.
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World

COP 21’s Climate Generations is a magnet for young environmentalists
December 2, 2015 By Blake Skylar
Countless young activists have flocked to France's capital to take part in what is shaping up to become a monumental and global environmental event.
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World

“Paris, a beacon of hope”: Words of solidarity as COP 21 opens
November 30, 2015 By Blake Skylar
Leaders from all over the world gathered today in the suburb of Le Bourget for the opening of the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 21).
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Opinion

Thanksgiving now is a lot better than it was then
November 25, 2015 By Blake Skylar
While it is a cliché to state what you're thankful for, I am thankful for what I have today and for the way things turned out.
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